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    Artwork Survey: 2000s

    Julie Mehretu
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    • Untitled
      2000
      Ink, colored pencil, and cut paper on Mylar
      18 × 24 inches

      Photo by Erma Estwick

      Collection of Nicolas Rohatyn and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

    • Untitled
      2000
      Ink, colored pencil, and cut paper on Mylar
      18 × 24 inches

      Photo by Erma Estwick

      Collection of Nicolas Rohatyn and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

    • Back to Gondwanaland
      2000
      Ink and acrylic on canvas
      96 × 120 inches
      Collection of Andre Gordts

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

    • Enclosed Resurgence
      2001
      Ink and acrylic on canvas
      48 × 60 inches

      Photo by Erma Estwick

      Collection of Jenny Liu

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

    • Untitled
      2001
      Wall drawing
      354 × 196 inches

      Photo by Marc Domage

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

    • Bombing Babylon
      2001
      Ink and acrylic on canvas
      60 × 84 inches

      Photo by Erma Estwick

      Collection of Giulia Ghirardi

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

    • System
      2002
      Ink and acrylic on canvas
      39 × 51 inches

      Photo by Erma Estwick

      Collection of Mehretu-Rankin

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

    • Dispersion
      2002
      Ink and acrylic on canvas
      90 × 144 inches

      Photo by Erma Estwick

      Collection of Nicolas Rohatyn and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

    • Dispersion, detail
      2002
      Ink and acrylic on canvas
      90 × 144 inches

      Photo by Erma Estwick

      Collection of Nicolas Rohatyn and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

    • Excerpt (molotov cocktail)
      2003
      Ink and acrylic on canvas
      32 × 54 inches

      Photo by Erma Estwick

      Collection of Nicolas Rohatyn and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

    • Excerpt (battle track)
      2003
      Ink and acrylic on canvas
      32 × 54 inches

      Photo by Erma Estwick

      Collection of Nicolas Rohatyn and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

    • Excerpt (suprematist evation)
      2003
      Ink and acrylic on canvas
      32 × 54 inches

      Photo by Erma Estwick

      Collection Nicolas Rohatyn and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

    • Stadia II
      2004
      Ink and acrylic on canvas
      108 × 144 inches

      Photo by Richard Stoner

      Collection of Carnegie Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, Gift of Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, Nicolas Rohatyn, and A.W. Mellon Acquisition Endowment Fund

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

    • Stadia II, detail
      2004
      Ink and acrylic on canvas

      Photo by Richard Stoner

      108 x 144 inches Collection of Carnegie Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, Gift of Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, Nicolas Rohatyn, and A.W. Mellon Acquisition Endowment Fund

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

    • Empirical Construction, Istanbul
      2004
      Ink and acrylic on canvas
      120 × 180 inches

      Photo by Erma Estwick

      Museum of Modern Art, New York, Fund for the Twenty-First Century

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

    • Empirical Construction, Istanbul, detail
      2004
      Ink and acrylic on canvas
      120 × 180 inches

      Photo by Erma Estwick

      Museum of Modern Art, New York, Fund for the Twenty-First Century

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

    • Untitled (2005 drawings)
      2005
      Ink, colored pencil and graphite on paper
      26 × 40 inches

      Photo by Erma Estwick

      Collection of Edward Nahem

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

    • Untitled (2005 drawings)
      2005
      Ink, colored pencil, graphite and watercolor on paper
      21 7/8 × 29 3/4 inches

      Photo by Erma Estwick

      Collection of Samuel Levy

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

    • Arcade
      2005
      Ink and acrylic on canvas
      84 × 120 inches

      Photo by Erma Estwick

      Collection of Jaime Frankfurt

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

    • Arcade, detail
      2005
      Ink and acrylic on canvas
      84 × 120 inches

      Photo by Erma Estwick

      Collection of Jaime Frankfurt

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

    • Citadel
      2005
      Ink and acrylic on canvas
      72 × 96 inches

      Photo by Erma Estwick

      Collection of Mellody Hobson

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

    • Palimpsest (old gods)
      2006
      Ink and acrylic on canvas
      60 × 84 inches

      Photo by Erma Estwick

      Collection of Mehretu-Rankin

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

    • Palimpsest (old gods), detail
      2006
      Ink and acrylic on canvas
      60 × 84 inches

      Photo by Erma Estwick

      Collection of Mehretu-Rankin

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

    • Grey Space (distractor)
      2006
      Ink and acrylic on canvas
      72 × 96 inches

      Photo by Erma Estwick

      Collection of Nicolas Rohatyn and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

    • Easy Dark
      2007
      Ink and acrylic on canvas
      108 × 72 inches

      Photo by Steven Gerlich

      Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Collection, Denmark Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Collection, Denmark

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

    • Easy Dark, detail
      2007
      Ink and acrylic on canvas
      108 × 72 inches

      Photo by Steven Gerlich

      Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Collection, Denmark

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

    • Walkers with the Dawn and Morning
      2008
      Ink and acrylic on canvas
      96 × 144 inches

      Photo by Tim Thayer

      Ovitz Family Collection

      Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

      © Julie Mehretu

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